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Members of Jammu Kashmir Liberation
Front-JKLF- organized a vigil at Trafalgar Square
in London to coincide with
'International day in support of Victims of Torture'. The event was held to
support of the ‘Quit Kashmir’ Campaign initiated by JKLF Chairman Mr Yasin
Malik on 23rd June 2014

Members of the JKLF solicited support for the Kashmir
cause by engaging with the public through distribution of hand outs
and direct engagement.

The activity was led by JKLF's senior
functionaries in including Professor Zafar Khan head of
JKLF's Diplomatic Bureau, Mr Mahmood Hussain, Senior Vice President and
Syed Tehsin Gilani, General Secretary of the JKLF for UK and Europe. Other
members included M. Faiz, Tariq Sharif, Sanawar Hussain and many more.

JKLF has planned numerous activities in support of the 'Quit
Kashmir' campaign including, demonstrations, vigils, seminars, press
conferences lobbying of political leaders in the UK and Europe over
the coming weeks.

JKLF
President in Britain Prof. Azmat Khan has welcomed the new international
protocol with international standards for documenting and investigating sexual
violence in conflict zones. In a statement issued from London, JKLF President
hoped that practical steps will be taken
to reduce the dangers women face in conflict zones around the world and that
Indian armed forces will no longer enjoy impunity against such heinous crimes.
The UN backed initiative urges countries to strengthen domestic laws so that
those responsible for these terrible crimes in conflict areas such as Kashmir are brought to justice and that crimes of sexual violence are
excluded from amnesty provisions.

JKLF
officials visited this first ever “Global Summit to end sexual Violence in
Conflict” held in London. The summit was being conducted by world renowned
actress and UN special envoy Angelina Jolie and co-hosted by British
Foreign Secretary William Hague. The summit has been attended by high
profile delegates / Government representatives of over 100 countries.

JKLF
delegates spoke to different media personnel at the event and highlighted the
plight of Kashmiri women who have been subject to violence from last over 2
decades in the hands of Indian Government forces.

Delegation
handed out specially prepared handouts on the rape and atrocities committed by
Indian occupational forces. The delegation also gave briefing to several
international TV / Media channels on the subject and stressed that the people
of the world must speak out against sexual violence in Kashmir too.

JKLF
delegation also met dozens of NGO’s and briefed them. Many of the visitors were
horrified and shocked and were unaware of these atrocities taking place in Kashmir.

We
are in total support of the initiative taken by Ms Angelina Jolie (UN Special
envoy) and supported by Her Majesty's Government to stop rape and violence
perpetrated through out the world against women.

Women of Kashmir since decades have also suffered immensely as a
result of organized violence and rape perpetrated by the Indian military.

We are dismayed at the total disregard in your campaign of their suffering both
as victims of rape well as mothers, wives and relatives of the thousands of
innocent men who've been killed and hundreds of those who were arrested and
have disappeared without trace.

Reports
of rape by Indian security forces in Kashmir emerged soon
after the government's crackdown began in January 1990.18 Despite evidence that
army and paramilitary forces were engaging in widespread rape, few of the
incidents were ever investigated by the authorities. Those that were reported
did not result in criminal prosecutions of the security forces involved.

JammuKashmir - Kashmir for short- is the most heavily militarized region of
the world.

In
Indian occupied part of Kashmir alone an estimated presence of 700,000 Indian
military and paramilitary forces operate; often committing and perpetrating
inhuman acts of violence against the most vulnerable in society.

Indian army whose actions are protected under the Special Powers Act- SPA and
TADA , over past twenty six years in particular has resorted to rape as a
weapon of war. One such incident which shocked the Human rights agencies is the
mass rape of women took place on 23rd February 1991 in the village of Kunan Poshpura remains a blot on the character of the conduct of
Indian military in Kashmir.

We
urge you therefore to raise your voice against the rape of women in Kashmir too